[giDdfezP]

I was in a que the other day and over heard 2 people talking about blu ray then one said to the other something has already come out to replace blu ray is this true? ive not heard anything yet.

[NodePark]

I have heard of so called "Super HD" which will be double the res of 1080p or 1200p (name maybe) but wasnt gonna be released before 2012 or something.

Anyway, would very interesting to see how it looks. I mean, HD is better than regular TV due to its format of so high res, this may have high AA or AF..[rofl]

[agracias]

I was in a que the other day and over heard 2 people talking about blu ray then one said to the other something has already come out to replace blu ray is this true? ive not heard anything yet.

I can't believe you haven't heard of Black - Ray[shocked]

[giDdfezP]

I can't believe you haven't heard of Black - Ray[shocked]

Is that a joke? Black Ray? lol dont seem right,was just about to start buying blu rays but no point if they getting replaced already,i rather stick to buying standard dvds,they are really cheap now

[bensabath]

Is that a joke? Black Ray? lol dont seem right,was just about to start buying blu rays but no point if they getting replaced already,i rather stick to buying standard dvds,they are really cheap now

Yes it's a joke and no there is no replacement coming any time soon. Most televisions can't even make the most of BluRay as it is, let alone something that is of even higher quality.

[AndreasLV]

400 Gb on a single disc

[NodePark]

Yes it's a joke and no there is no replacement coming any time soon. Most televisions can't even make the most of BluRay as it is, let alone something that is of even higher quality.

Well, currently they send most series in HDTV which I think is pretty high for being standard altough I agree about, I think it will take a hell of a time before BluRay becomes completely mainstream.

400 Gb on a single disc

I also read that, amazing..

[agracias]

Is that a joke? Black Ray? lol dont seem right,was just about to start buying blu rays but no point if they getting replaced already,i rather stick to buying standard dvds,they are really cheap now

Hihihi.. sorry I couldn't resist

[Yyaqyped]

400 Gb on a single disc

That's a Blu-ray disc, though. But yeah, it's awesome and shows how long this format could last.



To answer your question, nothing is replacing 1080p any time soon(and by 'soon' i mean 15 years minimum). A higher resolution simply isn't necessarily by ANY means of the imagination. The difference between 1080p and 4k would be negligible at best on any screen under ~160". Hell, even some people today say they can't even see the difference between 480i and 1080p(i think they're nuts, but yeah). It's the law of diminishing returns.

Look how long standard 4:3 480i TVs were around. It took 50 years just to finally get to 1080p. And again, with the law of diminishing returns, people will be much more resilient to 'upgrade' again, especially with no real palpable benefits.

And look how long it took just for TVs to go totally digital! In fact, we aren't even there yet(not til feb 09). Also, currently cable and Sattelite HD is only in 1080i, and only in a very limited number of channels, with severe compression and sub par 5.1 sound quality at that. Seriously, the video compression on these broadcasts are just terrible, there's SUCH a long way to go before there's enough bandwidth to eliminate most of the compression... Not to mention years from now when 1080p is actually available on Cable/Satellite.

So my point is, normal cabl/sat HDTV isn't even at 50% of what blu-ray is right now(zero viewable compression on the best discs, and completely uncompressed surround sound).

So get used to it folks. 1080p and BD will be around for a long time.

[DrazAdwamoi]

Is that a joke? Black Ray? lol dont seem right,was just about to start buying blu rays but no point if they getting replaced already,i rather stick to buying standard dvds,they are really cheap now

That's just like saying when this new technology does become available "Oh I'm not gonna get that, I'll wait a little while longer for the new technology to come out"

You'll just be missing out.

[Peertantyb]

Black Ray's yesteday's news. Pink Ray is where it's at.

[agracias]

Black Ray's yesteday's news. Pink Ray is where it's at.

Oh I see what you did there

[Cuccuccaltefe]

Black Ray really is the next step! The laser can create 'black holes' similar in the way black holes in space absorb light. The tiny black hole pits of the disk can store massive amounts of data, first initial tests have come out with one disk holding 1000TB.